Sunday, 2 April 2017

I recently found this plate at the Emma Bridgewater factory shop in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. It has been decorated using a sponge print method by hand, showing a sauropod dinosaur surrounded by 8 pterosaurs. On the back rim can be seen a circle of brown trilobites.

This appears to be a one off design as it has not appeared on the factory stock sheets. There is a decorating studio on the factory premises where children and adults can pay a small fee for the opportunity to decorate their own pottery. This may be an uncollected piece which has been sold in store. It may also be a demonstration plate used by staff at the studio.

Apart from the source and the label on the back, I have no other information on this pottery piece. Having done an Internet search, it is clear that there is a lot of dinosaur and pterosaur stuff out there. It is quite fun to see what is available.